CBCP statement on Marawi blast
December 3, 2023 Manila, Philippines It happened in the morning of the first Sunday of Advent, 3 December 2023. A group of Catholics was gathered together for the Eucharist to mark the beginning of a new liturgical season and to light the candle for the first Sunday of Advent. The perpetrators had chosen that very occasion to detonate a bomb,
At CSMS, bishop urges ‘virtue of prudence’ in social media use
Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Ruben Labajo presides over Mass on the last day of the 12th Catholic Social Media Summit (CSMS) at the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu, Dec. 3, 2023. JAY MANGUSSAD/CBCP NEWS By CBCP News December 3, 2023 Cebu City A Catholic bishop has used a gathering of the church’s social communicators to call for the exercise of ‘prudence’
Bishop leads moment of silence for Marawi blast victims
Bishop Marcelino Antonio Maralit leads the participants of the 12th Catholic Social Media Summit (CSMA) in a moment of prayer and silence for the victims of a powerful blast during Mass at the Mindanao State University’s gymnasium in Marawi City on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. JAY MANGUSSAD/CBCP NEWS By CBCP News December 3, 2023 Cebu City A Catholic bishop led
Thanks for Family and Friends: Prayer of the Day for Monday, December 04, 2023
Blessed are You, loving Father, For all your gifts to us. Blessed are You for giving us family and friends To be with us in times of joy and sorrow, To help us in days of need, And to rejoice with us in moments of celebration.. Father, We praise You for Your Son Jesus, Who knew the happiness of family
Pope Francis on first Sunday of Advent: ‘I’m improving, but my voice still doesn’t work’
Papal aide Monsignor Paolo Braida reads Pope Francis' prepared remarks for the Sunday Angelus on Dec. 3, 2023, from the chapel at the papal residence at Casa Santa Marta. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 3, 2023 / 08:32 am (CNA). Pope Francis for the second consecutive Sunday was assisted by an aide in praying the Angelus as he continues
At least three killed in explosion during Mass on Philippine campus
Military personnel stand guard at the entrance of a gymnasium while police investigators look for evidence after a bomb attack at a Catholic Mass at Mindanao State University in Marawi, Lanao del sur province in the southern Philippines on Dec. 3, 2023. At least three people were killed and seven wounded, officials said. / Credit: MERLYN MANOS/AFP via Getty Images